Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such a date can not be set during 1997 , then the union will come into effect on 1st January , 1999 , irrespective of the number of countries satisfying the convergence criteria . |
| 2 | In any case , the importance of reciprocating has to be set beside other motivations which may underpin neighbourly acts as well as those in various forms of voluntary service . |
| 3 | The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours . |
| 4 | Once the school aims have been stated in general terms , objectives will be set at middle management level within a school and will relate to the achievement of these aims . |
| 5 | Blanket speed limits applied to all vehicles must be set at such a low figure as to ensure reasonable safety with the most badly designed vehicle when it is in the worst acceptable state of maintenance . |
| 6 | The detachable top ring needs to be set at such a pressure as to stay in for the cast but detach on the strike or more accurately the wind-down . |
| 7 | The environmental conditions with which the system is in equilibrium may shift , and only so long as the equilibrium can be set at new and workable positions can the species survive . |
| 8 | To keep within this ceiling it was agreed that the rate of growth of agricultural expenditure should be set at 74 per cent of the rate of growth of Community GNP . |
| 9 | Each of these can be set at 1 , 2 or 3 . |
| 10 | It is possible that the boundary between mastery and non-mastery might be set differently for different educational purposes , but it is much more likely that different purposes will prescribe whether a boundary needs to be set at all . |
| 11 | All these gains in individual freedom , every advance towards putting the consumer first , will be set at terminal risk by Labour 's proposed policies . |
| 12 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month . |
| 13 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
| 14 | New records are expected to be set at next year 's Olympics , where speed skiers will possibly exceed 150mph . |
| 15 | In theory , new commercial catch quotas could be set at next year 's meeting in Tokyo under a " revised management procedure " ( RMP ) , although any such decision might be so hedged around with qualifications as to make it impossible to fulfil . |
| 16 | It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface . |
| 17 | To sum up , prices should be set at short-run marginal cost . |
| 18 | Although a plan oblique projection can be set at any angle to the horizontal , the other common form is 60° , 30° . |
| 19 | • It is adjustable for height and can be set at any angle you choose |
| 20 | The tips can be set at three reduced angles from neutral , but only one increased angle . |
| 21 | The step can be set at three different levels and each level increases the intensity of the work-out by per cent . |
| 22 | However the aperture will probably have to be set at 5.6 and the shutter speed at |
| 23 | The discount for a single-person household will be set at 25 per cent . |
| 24 | The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK . |
| 25 | Whatever type of camera you use , for hand-held wildlife shots the camera speed should never be set at less than unc second . |
| 26 | The challenge will be set on 7 December and has to be carried out by 22 December . |
| 27 | Between the torque control and the trigger sits the forward/reverse switch , a smallish device that can be set on neutral to stop the machine being accidentally turned on . |
| 28 | If , as we believe to be the case , powers are being so exercised , then the issue of constitutional legitimacy which arises is quite simple : what is the value or use of a constitution based on and designed to ensure the maintenance of a system of limited government if it can , quite lawfully and even constitutionally , be set on one side ? |
| 29 | The point , though , is that Neath never asked to be set on this pedestal . |
| 30 | Mitre cutting selection : 1 : Aluminium allow box with replaceable wood insert ; 2 : Nobex 303 with saw and preset angles for 4 , 5 , 6 and 8-sided frames ; 3 : Nobex 505 handy mitre guide can be set between 45 and 90° , holds saw ( not included ) with magnets ; 4 : Record Marples mitre cutting guide clamps mouldings for sawing , gluing and pinning |